Park Life Plushy

Do you see the stuffed toy whale in the fountain to the left of me? That plush toy has followed us around Redfern all week. We first saw it last weekend in a lane near our house, just sitting in the street. Then a few days ago it was a few blocks away and we joked that it was slowly trying to get back to the ocean. Then today there it was, sitting in the fountain in Redfern park about ten blocks away from where we first saw it.

Outfit details
Blue lace dress City Chic Lace Dancer Dress $119.95
Brown basket bag Vintage from Savers in Brunswick for $4
Black resin flower necklace Make Believe
Bangles Elke Kramer black resin studded bangle
Rings MOMA NYC and Corky Saint Clair
Sunglasses Karen Walker Super Duper's from Eyegoodies
Black platform mary-janes Wittner on sale for $56.95 down from $189.95
Lace socks Paddys Market $5
Flower headband Sportsgirl on sale for $4.95

I blogged this outfit over at the City Chic blog too, check it out for more photos xoxo

Neon Gold

This skirt I got during the recent ASOS sale is a tricky one to wear. Its so bright, and well...neon! Of course that's also what I like about it so today I decided that you know what, I'm gonna try and work out a way to wear this little piece of awesome. I think pairing it back with black works, and whilst adding the gold is a bold choice it just somehow all works. All photos in this post by Claire from Harbour Master, thanks Claire xxx

Outfit Details 
Top Dimepiece sheer hands tee
Skirt ASOS neon yellow skirt $50
Gold socks My Italian Closet
Gold backpack Episode on Sydney Road in Melbourne for only $5
Gold belt From a Girls Night In clothing swap party
Necklace Make Believe resin flower necklace, gift from the designers
Bangles Elke Kramer gift & Estelle Dévé Asperatis Bangle in gold $30 from her recent sample sale
Rings MOMA NYC and Corky Saint Clair
Sandals Melissa Aranha flock jelly sandals $65 from Monk House Design
  So bold, so gold.
  Sparkly socks be so sparkly.

Pink is in the hair

Local label Mink Pink threw a blogger tea party last week, and boy they went all out with the cute as cakes, cordial, lollies and cut sandwiches.
  Not to mention rainbow popcorn!
  The tea party was to celebrate the launch of Mink Pink's new global campaign, which will hit stores around May this year. My heart is set on the sunflower dress, much love for that print!

The accessories, designed by Annabel from Love More Blog are to die for. The bags are obviously inspired by Annabels love of vintage - with a modern twist.
  I also got a really quick sneaky peak behind the scenes of the AW12 Evil Twin lookbook shoot and finally got to meet Jodie Mckenzie the brains behind the brand. I have loved her blog Platinum Evil, her personal style and her brand for so long and she is so so so nice in person, yay!
   Evil Twin AW12, obsessed with the models pink hair which was achieved with a spray in dye which I must investigate further....meaning I forgot to ask the hair stylist the brand #doh

Pretty in pink town

Yesterday we headed to Chinatown and Paddy's market for lunch and a bit of exploring. Sydney's Chinatown is pretty big, every time I go I discover something new I hadn't noticed before and this trip was no exception. We finally found an asian grocery that stocks some of our favourite foods from Japan and I fell in love with yet another kawaii plastic crap shop. After lunch we headed to the Chinese Gardens for some relaxing times, but mostly for outfit photography times hehe.

Outfit Details
Denim Jacket Vintage from a Salvos store in Doncaster $12
Tee Dimepiece sheer hands t-shirt
Polkadot skirt Gorman $150
White broderie anglaise lace frill socks $5 from Paddys Market Chinatown
Pink jelly sandals Melissa Aranha sandals in pink translucent $65
Purple bow necklace Gala Curios gift from the designer
Pink cat bag $5 from Episode on Sydney road Melbourne
  I was really happy with how I did my eye make up. I'm wearing a combo of three shades of pink through to purple eye shadows from my Sportsgirl Hip To Be Square eye shadow palette with a thick slab of my Mac eye kohl liner to define my eyes under my specs. My lipstick is Sportsgirl Pout About It in fuchsia. I've worked with make-up artists on shoots who love Sportsgirl's make-up range so don't discredit their cheap and cheerful range, I swear by it for on trend beauty products that won't set me back a tonne.
  You can see the crazy detail on my great opshop score of a denim jacket. I was opshopping at Salvos with my mum just before Christmas when I saw this with a pair of matching jeans going for $24 for the set which was a bit steep in my mind. Then I saw a sign saying everything with white tags was 1/2 price and what do you know this had a white tag so I scored it for a low $12 and donated the jeans back to the store as they were not my thing.
  Yep another pair of new shoes. The people at Melissa shoes heard how Hachiko had chewed through the strap of my much loved black Aranha Floc Melissa's and kindly offered to send me a new pair. As my black ones were fixable I decided to try out the pink translucent style for something a bit different and wow I love them, I think I might even collect a few more colours cos seriously these shoes are the best!
  Bonus photo of me and the Morning Glory bear in Chinatown.

I'm a Bambi girl

I saw this limited edition Bambi dress in the Peter Alexander mail out many months ago and immediately fell in love with it. Yes it is technically a nightie but I think it makes a great dress and I'm not one for technicalities. I just freaking love Bambi and this dress was in a limited run (sold out within two days apparently) so I couldn't pass up the opportunity when it landed in my local store. I'm wearing it with my new pink hair (Brilliant Silver Rose toner) not to mention my new platform black patent mary-janes bought on massive sale at Wittner. FYI this isn't the first time I've had pink hair, back in 2009 I used Fudge to get my pink on as seen here and here. I call my current style obsession Spunk - a mixture of Spank style and Sea Punk, my tumblr is slowly filling up with fash-spiration shots currently floating my boat. Lets get SPUNKY!!!

Outfit Details
Bambi dress  Peter Alexander  $100
Leggings Gisela Ramierz during her 50% off sale for $40
Black platform mary-janes  Wittner on sale for $56.95 down from $189.95
White broderie anglaise lace frill socks $5 from Paddys Market Chinatown
Fake nose ring From a packet I bought for a photoshoot on ebay (I've had my nose pierced twice already in my life, not going to do it again but its fun to try it out again)
Pink hair toner Brilliant Silver Rose $14
Pink nailpolish Ulta3 in Fruit Tingle $3 from selected chemists (hunt that shit down, its the BEST!)
Bangle Elke Kramer black resin studded bangle
Rings MOMA NYC and Corky Saint Clair 

I wasn't feeling my face today, but this is all about my hair anyway. The toner went on a little unevenly due to the awkwardness of pouring 1 litre of water mixed with 5 drops of the dye over my head. BUT in person it doesn't look as uneven somehow. I am very happy with the results!!!
  Yes I realise these are fake Prada's, but that's not why I like them, infact I would prefer if they didn't have that blue stripe and were just platform mary-janes. But you can't argue with a saving of $133, down from $189.95 to $56.95 just means you have to buy them, it makes economic sense.

The dream of the 90s is alive

All the hot girls wear glasses! Yes I am referencing the much acclaimed song from Portlandia right now (by the way they could totally sing the same song about Melbourne, Sydney not so much although there is a "put a bird on it" shop in Paddington called I like birds lolz) Ahhh Melbourne, the place where young people go to retire. I miss being retired, Sydney's workaholic culture is exhausting. Anyway my outfit above was actually worn to torment poor Henry who would prefer a more conventionally dressed wife especially when taking her out for a romantic date at the open air cinema. The fact he then had to photograph said wife in her "ridiculous" get up in front of a bulging crowd was almost too much to bear for him. Lets all feel sorry for Henry for a moment...ok that's enough of that. I actually like this outfit, even if the bindi is "a bit much" and a tad culturally insensitive to boot (although so far when wearing one Indian people have been more excited than anything else, coming up to chat to me about it, which used to happen to me as a teen when I wore bindis the first time round).

Ugly cat bag version 2.0. I call this bag my Tumblr bag, I picked it up in the land of the 90s on my last visit home (fyi I'm talking about Melbourne). What could be better than a pink cat with a cross on its face on a bag? Well I can think of something better, a gif bag, but how would you actually make that?
  Platform sneakers hidden under polka dot lace, a thing of beauty.
SUPER LUCKY BONUS PHOTO!!!

Outfit Details
Denim shirt Vintage Levis denim shirt from Surry Hills Market for $10
Badges The batman is from Henry's brothers 6th birthday party lolly bag that his mum made. The other two are random badges from my extensive collection kept from the last time I was into them circa 2003.
Crystal necklace Xmas gift from my sister
Sheer polka dot skirt ASOS $50
Platform Sneakers ASOS $60
White broderie anglaise lace frill socks $5 from Paddys Market Chinatown
Pink cat bag $5 from Episode on Sydney road Melbourne
Bangle Elke Kramer black resin studded bangle
Rings MOMA NYC and Corky Saint Clair

Joining the Tumbling

I now have a Tumblr where I will be posting snapshots from my day that don't normally get blogged (like the ones above of some recent updates to our apartment), inspiration images and old family photos, basically whatever takes my fancy. Check it out. Oh and like the blog re-design? Let me know of any bugs xxx